Status of Women has not been all that receptive or open to Métis women, only because there has been a program through the Department of Canadian Heritage that just this coming year is going over to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development--the aboriginal women's program. Status of Women, with their limited budget, would sometimes help us on a project-by-project basis, maybe at a regional level on one particular thing or another, but they have not been receptive or open to assisting us with things like data gathering or data collection up until this point.
On April 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.